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PUERPERAL PYREXIA. Five cases of puerperal
pyrexia were notified during the year, as against
4 in 1939. In addition to these notified cases,
the Registrar General reported two maternal deaths
which occurred in institutions outside the district.
ERYSIPELAS. Twenty-two cases of erysipelas were
notified during the year, compared with 9 in 1939
and 24 in 1938.
TUBERCULOSIS. Thirty-seven cases of pulmonary
and 11 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were
notified during the year, the corresponding figures
for 1939 being, pulmonary 41, non-pulmonary 11.
In addition to these notified cases, 26 patients
( 22 pulmonary) were entered in the register,
including 10 restored to the register, these cases
with the exception of those restored to the register,
being new residents in the district, previouslynotified
elsewhere.
SCABIES AND LICE. The incidence of scabies
infection and pediculosis is still unusually low in
this district. It is estimated that of the children
with whom officers of the Local Authority come into
contact, e.g. those attending the Welfare Clinics,
those visited by the Health Visitors or those
admitted to the Isolation Hospital, less than 1% are
affected.
It has, therefore, been considered unnecessary
to provide a cleansing station within the Borough.
Arrangements have, however, been made with a
neighbouring Council for the treatment, at a moderate
charge, of such cases as are reported or discovered.
During 1940, no case was sent for treatment.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION. The following is
a summary of the work carried out under this heading
during the year.
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